Righteousness by Faith

[Gladys]

In the Bible there are some people who had rare characters, the kind of characters that leaves one thinking. Paul had such characters. He was said to be very bright and ambitious. He witnessed how Stephen was stoned to death in false accusation of blasphemy. Paul persecuted Christians as He never wanted people to recognize Jesus of Nazareth as their savior. No one ever thought that he will change his inhuman behavior of persecuting Christians. On the way to Damascus, he was changed.

If people do change, then Paul serves as a testimony. Jesus commanded him to go to his own people and to the Gentiles, to open them their eyes and turn them from darkness to light, from the power of sin to the power of the living Lord.

So, he became an evangelist and testified about it,

Acts 26:19 ‘After that, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision, 20 but declared first to those in Damascus, then in Jerusalem and throughout the countryside of Judea, and also to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God and do deeds consistent with repentance. 21 For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple and tried to kill me. 22 To this day I have had help from God, and so I stand here, testifying to both small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses said would take place: 23 that the Messiah must suffer, and that, by being the first to rise from the dead, he would proclaim light both to our people and to the Gentiles.’

He only wrote his letters to the Romans about righteousness by faith.

Christian faith is the total surrender and total dependence in God. Our God sees us deeply and we can’t hide anything from Him. We encounter righteousness by faith. Jesus accepts us when we have faith in him. He has power to release us from all kinds of turbulence in our lives. Do you believe by having faith in God and his son our turbulence are brought to halt? Must we always fear turbulence in our lives? Recall what happened to Silas and Paul while in jail. I beseech you to have faith and importantly, let your actions reveal it.

[Alloys]

That is the good news that we are commissioned to preach. You may think that people know this but it is only an assumption you are taking. So let us reach out and get to telling people the truth that it is by faith that we are made righteous.

[lynkez]

Faith without deeds is as good as dead. We should say and do. Without faith we cannot please God. It is through faith that all becomes possible. God cannot bear with us if we doubt His powers to deliver and protect. He is the sole provider and so nothing should bar us from His faithfulness. God Himself has faith and that is why He asks us to be faithful to Him as well, so that we can keep His word in our hearts by submission to His will.

[Ivyc]

The measure of our faith is our actions, we as Christians we are the right of the world and through our good deeds the name of the lord is supposed to be glorified. Our acts need to reflect our faith, we should imitate the example of Christ. We should preach water and take it as well, it is by faith that we are granted righteousness.

[dacox]

Like Paul, God can give you new hope. He can give you righteousness only if you are willing to accept him and this can only happen when you have complete faith and trust in him.